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1959 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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Postseason

WorldSeries (4-2):   Los Angeles Dodgers over Chicago White Sox

AL Detailed Standings

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Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 CHW 94 60 .610 --- 4.3 3.8 86-68 7 47-30 47-30 12-3 35-15 65-42 29-18 28-16 66-44
2 CLE 89 65 .578 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.2 86-68 2 43-34 46-31 7-6 30-24 76-55 13-10 18-26 71-39
3 NYY 79 75 .513 15.0 25.0 4.4 4.2 80-74 -1 40-37 39-38 10-10 23-24 60-57 19-18 20-24 59-51
4 DET 76 78 .494 18.0 34.0 4.6 4.8 74-80 1 41-36 35-42 3-9 17-27 58-66 18-12 31-35 45-43
5 BOS 75 79 .487 19.0 38.0 4.7 4.5 80-74 -5 43-34 32-45 7-6 25-25 64-66 11-13 29-37 46-42
6 BAL 74 80 .481 20.0 43.0 3.6 4.0 70-84 3 38-39 36-41 7-7 25-19 55-57 19-23 33-33 41-47
7 KCA 66 88 .429 28.0 91.0 4.4 4.9 69-85 -3 37-40 29-48 5-7 21-27 53-69 13-19 22-44 44-44
8 WSH 63 91 .409 31.0 112.0 4.0 4.6 67-87 -4 34-43 29-48 5-8 11-26 56-80 7-11 19-47 44-44
Avg 77 77 .500 4.4 4.4 77-77 40-36 36-40 7-7 23-23 60-61 16-15 25-32 52-44
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Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL  --   8  11  10  13   8  12  12
  BOS  14  --   8   8  11  11  13  10
  CHW  11  14  --  15  13  12  13  16
  CLE  12  14   7  --  14  15  11  16
  DET   9  11   9   8  --  15  14  10
  KCA  14  11  10   7   7  --   5  12
  NYY  10   9   9  11   8  17  --  15
  WSH  10  12   6   6  12  10   7  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL  --  74  69  88  88  71  66  95
  BOS  98  --  85  84 109 108 150  92
  CHW  72  94  -- 100 116 105  82 100
  CLE  98 103  76  -- 133 131  85 119
  DET  90 111  97 107  -- 112 109  87
  KCA  89  96 115  97 100  --  85  99
  NYY  84 109  80  92  87 126  -- 109
  WSH  90 109  66  78  99 107  70  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA NYY WSH
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